This is close to what I saw when I lived in California until I moved to Florida in 2006.
One certain way to identify the impact of this problem in Florida is to require ALL government agencies, including schools, to track actual, additional costs to support illegal immigrants and all the social programs that support them. The costs should be tracked as a separate program, even if it involves multiple funding sources.
vj
From a School Teacher in California:
CHEAP TOMATOES
900 teachers just got laid off from the Los
Angeles Unified School District . They are
$650,000 over their annual budget. The following English teacher helps to
explain one area that looms large over California 's educational crisis.
I hope each person receiving this mail will read it
carefully all the way to the end. It is sad what is happening to our great
country all because our politicians are afraid they will miss out on a vote.
What a travesty!
This English teacher has phrased it
the best I've seen yet.
This should make everyone think, be you Democrat, Republican
or Independent
From a California school teacher - - -
"As you listen to the news about the student protests
over illegal immigration, there are some things that you should be aware of:
I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language
department at a large southern California high school which is
designated a Title 1 school, meaning that its students average lower
socioeconomic
and income levels
Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High,
Bell Gardens , Huntington Park , etc.., where these students are protesting,
are also Title 1 schools.
Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch
program. When I say free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll --
but a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a
Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of
it being dumped in the trash uneaten.
(OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or
at least moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The
school also provides day care centers for theunwed teenage pregnant girls (some
as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to
arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids.
(OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk
losing
funding for the upcoming year even though there was little
need for anything; my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new
computers for the computer learning center, half of which, one month later,
have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel
humbled and grateful to have a free education in America ..
(OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
I have had to intervene several times for young and
substitute teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students
here in the country less than 3 months who raised so much hell with the female
teachers, calling them "Putas" (whores ) and throwing things, that
the teachers were in tears.
Free medical, free education, free food, day care, etc.,
etc, etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled not only to be in this
country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?
To those who want to point out how much these illegal
immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and
housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real
world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs.
Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical
costs, more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding,
new diseases etc., etc, etc. For me, I'll pay more for tomatoes.
Americans, We need to wake up. The guest worker program will
be a disaster because we won't have the guts to enforce it. Does anyone in
their right mind really think they will voluntarily leave and return?
It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A
third-world culture that does not value education, that accepts children
getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to
assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak and worried about
"political correctness " that we don't have the will to do anything
about it.
If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine, forward this
to everyone you know including your Congressmen and Senators.
CHEAP LABOR? Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is
about?
Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage.
Consumers don't want expensive produce.
Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs.
But the bottom line is cheap labor. The phrase "cheap
labor" is a myth ,
a farce, and a lie. There is no such thing as
"cheap labor."
Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife and five
children. He takes a job for
$5.00 or 6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents, he
pays no
income tax, yet at the end of the year, if he files an
Income Tax Return,
he gets an "earned income credit" of up to
$3,200 free.
He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent.
He qualifies for food stamps..
He qualifies for free (no deductible),
no co-pay) health care.
His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school.
He requires bilingual teachers and books.
He qualifies for relief from high energy bills...
If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled , they
qualify for SSI.
Once qualified for SSI they can qualify for Medicare
. All of this is at
(our) taxpayer's expense .
He doesn't worry about car insurance, life insurance, or
homeowners insurance.
Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and
printed material.
He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00 to
$30.00/hour in benefits.
Working Americans
are lucky to have $5.00 or $6.00/hour left after paying
their bills AND his.
The American taxpayers also pay for increased crime,
graffiti and trash clean-up.
Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake up people!
THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES FOR EITHER PARTY. 'AND WHEN THEY LIE TO US AND DON'T DO AS THEY SAY,
WE SHOULD REPLACE THEM AT ONCE!'
